WCTE State Convention Information

Literacy and Learning:

A WRLD

of Possibilities

2008 WCTE CONVENTION
MADISON, October 3

At The Pyle Center in beautiful downtown Madison

Download the CONVENTION PREVIEW, featuring

• Keynote Speaker: William Kist	• 50th Anniversary Social
• Exhibits of Professional Materials	• Roundtable lunch topics
• 40+ Breakout Sessions by Wisconsin Teachers	• Affordable lunch menu
• Sessions by Doug Buehl and Nick Glass	• Hotel Information
• Newcomers discount and welcome session	• Directions
• Registration form - Complete and mail in

Now, more than ever, the idea of “literacy” is an increasingly complex one. As we consider and respond to the needs and hopes of our students, where do our own concepts of “literacy” begin and end? In our current historical and socio-political contexts, do we include global understanding, multi-cultural awareness, and values of citizenship as separate from or linked to 21^st Century literacy? What do we read, and how do we write and think in this ever-expanding world of possibilities? What role does a cross-disciplinary approach have in our classrooms? And, how do we, as teachers and learners, interpret the role of “the word” in a global, digital environment?

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